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TROPICAL STORM IDA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
840 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM IDA TO MAKE LANDFALL LATE THIS EVENING...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND
COASTAL WATER LEGS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF GULF COASTAL WATERS
DESTIN TO PASCAGOULA OUT 60 NM.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES THE ESTIMATED RATE OF MOTION
IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED BY THE NWS MOBILE ALABAMA WSR-88D RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 60
TO 65 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE CLOSER TO IDA'S RAGGED CENTER.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...BASED ON RECENT RADAR TRENDS...IDA WILL MAKE
LANDFALL LATER THIS EVENING...MOST LIKELY OVER COASTAL ALABAMA. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND INTO COASTAL ALABAMA
AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS
TREND OF INCREASING WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM CST WITH
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS SPREADING INTO THE COASTAL
ALABAMA.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AROUND 1000 PM CST.

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LOWER MOBILE-LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-
INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-
COASTAL OKALOOSA-
840 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES THE ESTIMATED RATE OF MOTION
IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  BASED ON RECENT RADAR
TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE THIS
EVENING...MOSTLY LIKELY OVER COASTAL ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CONTINUE TO SPREAD INLAND INTO
EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE
NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A WIND GUST TO 55 MPH WAS REPORTED
EARLIER THIS EVENING NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA. THIS TREND OF INCREASING
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 PM CST WITH SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS SPREADING INTO COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE.  THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM
FORCE OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INTO TUESDAY MORNING THEN
DECREASE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. GUSTS OF 50 TO
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE
A REAL POSSIBILITY WITH IDA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

&&

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA.  ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...TOTAL TIDE HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED. THE
TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 AM
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL EXACERBATE STORM RELATED FLOODING DUE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM IDA DURING THIS TIME. THERE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS DAUPHIN ISLAND
WITH WATER REPORTED FROM ST. STEPHENS ROAD TO THE WEST END OF DAUPHIN
ISLAND...AND WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER ROADWAYS AT FORT PICKENS IN
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES ARE OCCURRING OFFSHORE AND WILL SPREAD INLAND OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND
8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

...TORNADOES...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.

&&

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM THE WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA TO DESTIN FLORIDA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND WAVES. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF...AND SWIMMERS
SHOULD NOT ENTER THE WATER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

&&

$$

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UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-
840 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES THE ESTIMATED RATE OF MOTION
IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BASED ON RECENT RADAR
TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATER THIS
EVENING...MOST LIKELY OVER COASTAL ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE
INLAND PORTION OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES AND SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THROUGH 10 PM CST. THE
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER EXTREME
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.  GUSTS OF 50 TO
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
FURTHER INLAND UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES ARE OCCURRING OFFSHORE AND WILL SPREAD INLAND OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND
8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

...TORNADOES...
GIVE VERY STABLE AIR NEAR THE COAST...THE TORNADO THREAT IS LOW. IF A
TORNADO WERE TO OCCUR IT WOULD BE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS NEAR THE COAST.

&&

$$

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CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-WAYNE-PERRY-GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
840 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES THE ESTIMATED RATE OF MOTION
IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  BASED ON RECENT RADAR
TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATER THIS
EVENING...MOST LIKELY OVER COASTAL ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AT THIS TIME...ALL STORM RELATED PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE.

&&

...WINDS...
GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO INLAND
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INLAND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THEN SUBSIDE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING
THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL
THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
CURRENT RAINFALL RATES ARE NO MORE THAN ONE INCH PER HOUR BUT HIGHER
RAINFALL RATES ARE OCCURRING OFFSHORE AND WILL SPREAD INLAND OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH NOON TUESDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND
8 INCHES...CAN BE EXPECTED. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR
YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT SHOULD FLOODING OCCUR.

&&

$$

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MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
840 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM CST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 52 MILES SOUTH
DAUPHIN ISLAND ALABAMA.  RADAR INDICATES THE ESTIMATED RATE OF MOTION
IS TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  BASED ON RECENT RADAR
TRENDS...IT IS APPARENT THAT IDA WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATER THIS
EVENING...MOST LIKELY OVER COASTAL ALABAMA.

&&

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD NOW BE IN PORT AND BE WELL SECURED.

&&

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOW OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF
THE MARINE AREA WITH GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE NEAR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST AND OVER INLAND BAYS AND WATERWAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD INTO THE BAYS AND INLAND WATERWAYS OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. THE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 60 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL THE WINDS SUBSIDE ON TUESDAY.

&&

...MARINE...
SEAS OVER THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS WILL
INCREASE FROM 10 TO 14 FEET NEAR SHORE TO A MAXIMUM OF 17 TO 23 FEET
WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST THROUGH TONIGHT. FURTHER OFFSHORE FROM 20
TO 60 NM SEAS WILL INCREASE FROM 15 TO 20 FEET TO 21 TO 26 FEET
THROUGH TONIGHT.  THE SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 FEET OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

&&

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